《爱之药》被公认是迄今为止厄德里克所有作品中文学成就最高的一部,小说以北达科他州奥吉布瓦居留地为背景,二十多个故事中由六个人物以第一人称讲述十三个,作者以旁观者视角讲述七个。一个故事的叙事者是另一个的被叙事者,一个故事的主要人物是另一个的次要人物,内容彼此关联,相互补充。该作品于1984年获美国全国书评家协会奖。 “Love of Medicine” is acknowledged as the highest achievement in all the works of Erdrich so far. The novel is based on the residence of Ojibwa in North Dakota. More than 20 stories are described by the first person Thirteen, the author tells seven from the perspective of the spectator. The storyteller of one story is the narrator of the other, the main character of one story is the minor figure of the other, the content is related to each other, complement each other. The work in 1984 by the American National Book Critics Association Award.